Dr. Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Dr Irengbam Mohendra was born at Uripok in Imphal, to Irengbam Gulamjat Singh and Irengbam’O Mani Devi. Educated in Imphal, Darjeeling, Bombay and Nainital,he qualified as a doctor from Agra in 1962. After training in Delhi Hospitals and a stint in Imphal, he left for the UK, where he settled. Married with Margaret, they have a daughter Anita and a son Neil.
He can be reached at imsingh[at]onetel[dot]com
Whither Goes Meitei Insurgency?
For whom the bell tolls? It tolls for the. For whom the Meitei insurgents are fighting? They are fighting for us. Or, are they?
Since the Vietnam War ended insurgencies have evolved all over the world and become more sophisticated and hard to defeat.
In Manipur, Meitei insurgencies have erupted for a noble cause: to fight “the illegal occupation” by India and to restore Manipur’s independence.
WHEN CIVILISATION CAME TO MANIPUR
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Civilisation is an advanced development in human society, including intellectual, cultural and material development in a certain region or an...
THE BIRTH OF MEITEI ETHNONATIONALISM
ITS NECESSITY TO KEEP MANIPUR UNVIOLATED, Economic disparity is not the cause of Naga-strife
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
The Meiteis always had a concept of...
WHY THERE WILL BE MANIPUR FOREVER – UNDIVIDED
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
There is an ongoing tripartite talk to discuss the demand of the UNC for the separation/secession of Naga...
The history of Plebiscite in India & its baffling problems under...
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Plebiscite is an unholy word for India, the opposite of “Om”. While Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir was reluctant to...
MEITEI NATIONAL CHARACTER – Part 4
MEITEI KANGLUPKI LAMCHAT. MEITEI NARCISSISM
As I mentioned earlier one of the main purposes of the burst of writing on Meitei national...
METEI NATIONAL CHARACTER – 3
Metei kanglupki Lamchat
The concept of “national character” was a subject of debate during 18th century Europe. Interest in national character developed among Enlightenment thinkers...
Calling Time on the most unsafe state in India – Part...
CAUSES OF ETHNIC CONFLICT IN MANIPUR & SUGESTED REMEDIES
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Ethnic conflicts in Manipur are not phenomenal only for Manipur. They are...
Calling time on the most unsafe state in India – Part...
MANIPUR ON A SWISS MODEL
Political legitimacy is indeed central to the sustenance of Manipuri identity. The existence of secessionist movements reflects a lack of...
THE GREAT MEITEI NATION – II
MEITEIS WILL SURVIVE ECONOMICALLY WITHOUT THE HILLS
Having encapsulated the origin of the Meiteis in my preceding article this paper looks at how the primitive...
THE GREAT MEITEI NATION – PART 1
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Emperor Constantine of Rome who brought Christianity to the Empire proclaimed majestically standing atop… that “Under God’s watch, we shall...
Who said the Meitei lon is Tibeto-Burman? Dr GRIERSON, but he...
By: Dr. Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Who’s this Dr Grierson?
George Abraham Grierson, an Irish linguist from Dublin, was an official of the Indian Civil Service. He...
HOW DID THE MEITEIS COME FROM AFRICA? By decoding the human...
By: Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
The title may be shocking. Perhaps my choice of title bespeaks an unattractive scepticism.
But isn’t all scientific discoveries that were...